Button attaching tip for suspenders or braces



E. 5. Mix

BUTTON ATTACHI NG TIP FOR SUSPENDERS OR BRACES Filed Aug. 26. 19:50

INVENTOR his ATTORNEY til] Patented Nov. 17, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EDWIN S. MIX, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T HICKOK MFG. COMPANY, INC., OI ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK BUTTON ATTACI-IING TIP FOR SUSPENDERS OR BRACES Application filed August 26, 1930. Serial No. 477,858.

The present invention relates to button attaching tips for suspenders or braces and the like and an object thereof is to provide an effective tip made from cord. Another object of the invention is to provide a looped cord tip for suspenders strengthened at the inner end of the loop in such a manner as to prevent the breaking open of the loop under the stress of use.

To these and other ends, the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: 7

Fig. 1 is a front View of suspender ends made in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a detail view of the tip during the process of forming the same;

Fig. 3 shows a further step in the process of making the tip Fig. 4 is :1. View partially in section showing the completed tip; and

Fig. 5 is a section of the clamping sleeve.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention a single cord or braid 1 has a sliding con nection with a top piece 2 of a pair of suspenders or braces and each end of this cord or braid is doubled on itself to provide a loop 3, the

extreme ends 4: of the cords being adjacent the inner ends of the loops and being stitched to the main portion of the cord. These two adjacent portions of the cord are stitched together at 5 by Zi '-Zag stitches. After the stitching the stitched portions are coated with a binder as at 6, such for instance, as a phenol condensate (bakelite or the like) The inner end of the loop is now clamped by a sleeve or collar 7 made of non-metallic material such as a phenol condensate (bakelite or the like) This sleeve has a bore which tapers from its outer end inwardly and is formed with a projecting screw thread 8. The bore at its inner end is substantially equal to the thickness of the cord Whereas at the end adjacent the loop the bore has a diameter equal substantiallyto the combined diameters of the two cord portions. The sleeve is screwed onto the coated inner end of the loop and effectively holds the inner end of the loop closed and under compression while at the same time providing an ornamental covering for the inner end of the loop. As the sleeve is made of non-metallic material it is not injurious to garments of the user.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A button attaching tip for suspenders or the like comprising a cord having an end doubled to provide a loop, the end of the cord terminating adjacent the inner end of the loop and being stitched to the adjacent portion of the cord, and a sleeve fitting over the stitched portions at the inner end of the loop, said sleeve being internally threaded and engaging and enclosing the stitched portion.

2. A button attaching tip for suspenders and the like comprising a cord having a portion doubled to provide a loop, the end of the cord being adjacent the inner end of the loop, a binder for the end of the cord and the adjacent portion of the loop, and a nonmetallic sleeve enclosing the binder and the end of the cord, said sleeve having a tapering bore and an interior thread engaging the binder.

3. A button attaching tip for suspenders and the like comprising a cord having a portion doubled on itself to provide a loop, the end of the cord being adjacent the inner end of the loop and being stitched to the adja cent portion of the cord, a non-metallic binder coating the inner end of the loop, and a non-1netallic sleeve having a tapering bore, the wall of which is screw threaded and engages the inner portion of the loop.

4;. A button attaching tip for suspenders comprising a cord having a portion doubled on itself to provide a loop, the end of the cord being secured by stitching, a binder covering the stitching and enclosing the joint formed at the inner end of the loop, and a sleeve receiving the binder and adjacent portions'of the loop and cord and having an inner projecting portion to engage the enclosed parts to prevent displacement.

EDWIN S. MIX. 

